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• Gas Turbines

  Challenges in sizing equipment for oil and gas

  Equipment sizing decisions in the Oil and Gas Industry often have to be made based on incomplete data. Often, the exact process conditions are based on numerous assumptions ...

  On June 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Energy & Conference News

  Design review of small modular reactor

  GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced that it has initiated a Vendor Design Review of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). ...

  On June 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  F-class overhaul completed in 11 working days

  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has bettered its performance in major inspection outages by re-engineering the Gas Turbine SGT-4000F overhaul process at the Jebel Ali Power and ...

  On June 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  MAN Energy solutions wins the “Africa Europe Award”

  MAN Energy Solutions won the “Africa Europe Award 2019”. Marc Grünewald, Vice President at MAN Energy Solutions, accepted the award on the evening of May 28 in Frankfurt. ...

  On June 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Auxiliaries

  Types of centrifugal compressor shaft end seals

  Labyrinth seals are the simplest seals ( multiple orifices) • Low pressures • Could be made of generally of softer material to prevent damage to rotor. non metallic ...

  On June 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  GE names Michael Keroullé President & CEO of Steam Power

  GE has announced Michael Keroullé will become President & CEO of the $5 billion business on July 1,2019. Keroullé succeeds Andreas Lusch who will step down after a ...

  On June 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  MAN Cryo wins order for hybrid gas-battery propulsion system

  MAN Energy Solutions’ marine LNG fuel-gas-system manufacturer – has announced that it will supply an LNG fuel-gas supply system to a Norwegian live-fish carrier ordered by Nordlaks, one ...

  On June 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Calnetix Technologies to present and exhibit at ASME Turbo Expo in Phoenix

  Calnetix Technologies will exhibit and present a paper on turboexpander generators for natural gas pressure letdown (PLD) with Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) at the American Society ...

  On June 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  GE introduces new analytics to advance electric grid operations

  GE today announced the availability of three new grid analytics that combine domain expertise with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to tackle pressing challenges in electric ...

  On June 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  EthosEnergy awarded multi-million pound maintenance contract

  The contract is for the provision of an ECare maintenance contract covering two SGT-200 Gas Turbine Packages including scheduled maintenance, breakdown support and technical assistance. Additionally the scope ...

  On June 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors